About Pacific Coast Ecuador
The Ecuadorian coast offers beach towns, surf, seafood, and a warm-weather contrast to the cooler Andean cities.
Best time to visit: December to May
Cities & Towns in Pacific Coast Ecuador
Guayaquil
Guayaquil pairs riverfront districts such as Malecón 2000 and Puerto Santa Ana with north-city business and airport corridors—hotel choice should match whether your trip is riverfront, downtown, mall and airport-side, or suburban Guayas.
Manta
Manta is a Pacific coast city in Manabí, Ecuador, where hotel choice tracks El Murciélago, Barbasquillo, Mall del Pacífico, Manta Centro, the port, airport-side stays, and wider Manabí coast bases—not Portugal or Algarve.
Montañita
Montañita is a compact Pacific beach town in Santa Elena, Ecuador, where hotel choice tracks town-centre streets, the main beach, beachfront rows, La Punta and Montañita Point, Cocktail Alley and restaurant corridors, the bus stop and Ruta del Spondylus side, quieter north pockets, and nearby Santa Elena coast bases such as Olón and Manglaralto—not Colombia or unrelated mainland cities.
Salinas
Salinas offers broad beach-holiday appeal, resort-style coastal travel, and easy Pacific sun on Ecuador’s southern coast.